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A new study in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics finds that the kids really are all right. Despite the ongoing cultural debate around same-sex parenting, the new study finds the children of same-sex parents are just as healthy emotionally and physically as the children of different-sex parents. […] The study found that there were no differences in the children when it came to their general health, their emotional difficulties, their coping behaviors and their learning behaviors. What the study found to be more indicative predictors of these behaviors were the relationships between the parents, the parents and child,...

The Washington Times reported on Sunday that two new studies indicate that children raised by gay parents might not benefit from the experience like kids raised by married mother-father parents. "The empirical claim that no notable differences exist must go," University of Texas sociology professor Mark Regnerus said in his study in Social Science Research. Regnerus's study involved 3,000 randomly selected young adults in the U.S. These young adults' lives were measured for "social, emotional, and relationship outcomes." The other new study challenges the widely accepted contention by the American Psychological Association that "[n]ot a single study has found children...

Pro-homosexual researchers have published a survey of previous psychological studies on children brought up in same-sex households. They have concluded that children in these homes are less likely to live by normal gender roles. Boys are more feminine and girls are more masculinized.These researchers think that these are positive outcomes for children. Traditional Values Coalition believes these are negative outcomes. This report is available at: http://www.asanet.org/pubs/stacey.pdf.The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) has a summary of this pro-homosexual report and other information on the dangers of homosexuality. Read the NARTH summary at: http://www.narth.com/docs/does.html.ADDITIONAL RESOURCES"No Basis: What...

For publication on or afterWednesday, March 20, 2002 ACLU And Rosie O’Donnell SeekTo Condemn Children To Same-Sex HouseholdsBy Rev. Louis P. SheldonChairman, Traditional Values CoalitionWashington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and homosexual talk show host Rosie O’Donnell are currently involved in a media and legal campaign to overturn a Florida state law that protects children from being adopted into homosexual households. The ACLU and O’Donnell are apparently convinced that boys and girls can grow up just fine in homes where both "parents" are of the same sex. Decades of research shows that children need both a...